City and County Government
“Chuck” asked about the North Missoula Community Development Corp.’s report last week to a Missoula City Council committee.
NMCDC built the Burns Street Commons, and the affordable homes have been slow to sell. Yes, the financials offered up to the council are available here.
Guess where most of the buyers came from? Craig’s List, which NMCDC describes [...]
In a quest to provide affordable housing, Berkeley cuts red tape for developers who agree to build it — and puts them on a fast track. That San Francisco Chronicle story here.
Perhaps most significantly, those developers who go down this path would also have to agree that 20 percent of the housing units would be [...]
These files from Missoula County chief deputy clerk and recorder Debbe Merseal. You can see the spike in foreclosure notices filed last year and the previous year.
File No. 1.
File No. 2.
– Keila Szpaller
The median price of a home in urban Missoula has dropped* a hair for two years in a row, according to data from the Missoula Organization of Realtors.
In 2007, the median price was $210,000, according to the MOR. In 2008, it sank to $207,000. This year through the end of October, it was sitting [...]
Keep it Simple, Sluggers.
“It’s starting to dawn on more people that the best cure for homelessness* is shockingly simple: provide the homeless with a home.”
The citiwire.net piece @mtjw also notes Seattle is saving $4 million a year by doing just that with its 1811 Eastgate project.
Eleven million to build. Sleeping 75.
– Keila Szpaller
When the Missoula Housing Authority board chose MHA deputy Lori Davidson as its executive director, it did so on an interim basis. That was two years ago, after director Peter Hance resigned following questions about the way he was managing the agency and running projects. Now, the most recent board packet notes Davidson has become [...]
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